General Description: The core service in every TIP Chapter is the Crisis Response Team. The Crisis Response Team is a team of well trained volunteers who are called by emergency personnel to provide support to emotionally traumatized citizens on a 24-hour 365-day a year basis. Volunteers respond to the emergency location within 20 minutes of the time called.

The Need Addressed By a Crisis Response Team: Following a traumatic event, the persons involved often feel helpless, confused, and in emotional shock. They are confronted with a situation for which they are totally unprepared. Often there is no one available in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy to guide the victims through these difficult hours. The TIP volunteer provides this necessary temporary support until the persons involved in the crisis are able to depend on family, friends, neighbors, and others.